Practicing Democracy [electronic resource] : Local Activism and Politics in France and Finland /
Luhtakallio, E.author.
This book is about the mundane, local, every day practices that constitutes democracy. Focusing on France and Finland, the book defines politicization as the key process in understanding democracy in different cultural contexts and shows a nuanced picture of two opposite models of European politics.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Tables; Preface; 1 A Sociological Travelogue; 2 Local Scenes of Global Action: Group Styles of Local Collective Action and the Place of Politics; 3 Citizenship and Gender in Local Activism; 4 Visual Frames of Representing the Local Society; 5 Framing Democracy: Participation and Representation by Activists and Politicians; 6 Justifying on the Local Public Sphere: Newspaper Representations of Encounters between Citizens and Cities; 7 The Souvenirs: Politicization and Local Civic Practices in France and Finland; Methods Appendix; Data Appendix
NotesBibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This book is about the mundane, local, every day practices that constitutes democracy. Focusing on France and Finland, the book defines politicization as the key process in understanding democracy in different cultural contexts and shows a nuanced picture of two opposite models of European politics.
Political sociology.
Sociology.
Democracy.
Comparative politics.
Political science.
Social policy.
Political Sociology.
Sociology, general.
Democracy.
Comparative Politics.
Political Science.
Social Policy.